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Hosea 2:15

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I will give her vineyards there. I will make the valley of Achor [Disaster] a door of hope. Then she will respond as she did when she was young, as she did when she came out of Egypt.

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It wasn’t enough that he committed the same sins as Jeroboam (Nebat’s son). He also married Jezebel, daughter of King Ethbaal of Sidon. Ahab then served and worshiped Baal.

Then our ancestors believed what he said. They sang his praise.

“From the time I was young, people have attacked me …” (Israel should repeat this.)

The Sharon Plain will be a pasture for flocks. The Achor Valley will be a resting place for cattle and for my people who search for me.

They will build houses and live there. They will plant vineyards and eat fruit from them.

The Lord spoke his word to me,

“Go and announce to Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: I remember the unfailing loyalty of your youth, the love you had for me as a bride. I remember how you followed me into the desert, into a land that couldn’t be farmed.

I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord. They are plans for peace and not disaster, plans to give you a future filled with hope.

But now you are calling to me. You say, ‘Father! You have been my companion ever since I was young.

This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: My people will again buy houses, fields, and vineyards in this land.’

“The reason I can ⌞still⌟ find hope is that I keep this one thing in mind:

With all the disgusting things that you did and all your acts of prostitution, you didn’t remember the time when you were young. You didn’t remember when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your own blood.

I will remember the promise that I made with you when you were young, and I will make it a promise that will last forever.

“ ‘I went by you again and looked at you. You were old enough to make love to. So I spread my robe over you, and covered your naked body. I promised to love you, and I exchanged marriage vows with you. You became mine, declares the Almighty Lord.

“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: When I gather the people of Israel from the nations where they were scattered, I will show that I am holy as the nations watch. The people of Israel will live in their own land, the land I gave to my servant Jacob.

They will live there in safety. They will build homes and plant vineyards. They will live in safety when I punish all the surrounding people who treat them with scorn. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’ ”

“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.

The Lord used a prophet to bring the people of Israel out of Egypt. He used a prophet to take care of them.

I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again as you did during your appointed festivals.

“I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. You have known no god besides me. There is no savior except me.

I will destroy her grapevines and fig trees. She said that they were gifts from her lovers. I will turn her vineyards into a forest, and wild animals will devour them.

I will restore my people Israel. They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink the wine from them. They will plant gardens and eat their fruit.

Return to your fortress, you captives who have hope. Today I tell you that I will return to you double ⌞blessings⌟.

Then Israel sang this song about the well: “Make your water spring up! Sing to the well,

I am the gate. Those who enter the sheep pen through me will be saved. They will go in and out of the sheep pen and find food.

When they arrived, they called the members of the church together. They reported everything God had done through them, especially that he had given people who were not Jewish the opportunity to believe.

They made such a large pile of stones over Achan that it is still there today. Then the Lord withdrew his burning anger. For this reason that place is still called the valley of Achor today.

The Israelites did not remember the Lord their God, who had rescued them from all the enemies around them.




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